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The European Deforestation Regulation and EU’s Normative Power: Shaping Global Trade for Sustainability

A tale of mountains and intrigues – Bavarian-German relations and the quest of finding a chancellor candidate

Back to the Roots? Putin’s Russia, Slavophilism and the Official Nationality

Paris’ bold revival: could the 2024 Olympics restore the Seine to its former glory?

EUROVISION 2024: United by Music…or not?

Mediterranean Forget-Me-Nots: MENA Countries and the ENP

EU Elections: Who are the Players and What's at Stake?

Paris before the 2024 Olympics - a city between excitement and concerns

From TikTok to the Ballot Box: Can lowering the voting age improve European democracy?

Cutting through the linguistic fog: the state of Moldovan language politics

Does Germany Need The Atomic Bomb?

Right to abortion: the backtracking in the US and constitutionalization in France

Reflecting on Putin's February

Quo vadis, Deutschland? A country shaken by scandals and protests expects regional elections that could shape domestic politics for years to come

Surfing a white tide: The political consequences of a plastic spill

Ana Sánchez Antelo

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The European Deforestation Regulation and EU’s Normative Power: Shaping Global Trade for Sustainability

On October 2nd, the European Commission proposed to delay the implementation of the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a critical...

Tilman Voss

Oct 31

A tale of mountains and intrigues – Bavarian-German relations and the quest of finding a chancellor candidate

Germany is a state located in central Europe, a country known for customs like punctuality, seriousness (often confused with absence of...

Jan-Malte Schulz

Oct 3

Back to the Roots? Putin’s Russia, Slavophilism and the Official Nationality

Debates about the reasoning and narrative behind Russia’s war in Ukraine often highlight the imperialist tendencies and opportunistic...

European Waves

Aug 31

Paris’ bold revival: could the 2024 Olympics restore the Seine to its former glory?

As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have just concluded, the attention is still focused on the river Seine and the ambitious restoration...

Mara Vos Carrero & Matilde Forno

Jul 12

EUROVISION 2024: United by Music…or not?

This edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö might have been the most politicised ever, marked by large protests, bans and...

Jan-Malte Schulz

Jul 4

Mediterranean Forget-Me-Nots: MENA Countries and the ENP

As the EU’s attention is focused on the East, it runs the risk of even further neglecting the Southern Dimension of the European...

European Waves

Jun 4

EU Elections: Who are the Players and What's at Stake?

With the European Parliament elections just around the corner, political analysts predict a substantial shift to the right across...

Céleste Nonnenmacher & Tilman Voss

May 31

Paris before the 2024 Olympics - a city between excitement and concerns

It is less than 100 days until the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are set to commence. While many - especially the French government and...

European Waves

May 25

From TikTok to the Ballot Box: Can lowering the voting age improve European democracy?

With the European elections approaching, Belgium joins the growing trend of lowering the voting age, fuelling debates on how to engage a...

Irina Percemli

May 2

Cutting through the linguistic fog: the state of Moldovan language politics

The debate over whether Moldova's state language should be called ‘Romanian’ or ‘Moldovan’ has become a bitter, ideologically charged...

Freya Astrid Theresa Entrup

Apr 28

Does Germany Need The Atomic Bomb?

In a recent speech at a rally in South Carolina, US Presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed his opinion on NATO member states that...

Beatrice Borrelli

Apr 16

Right to abortion: the backtracking in the US and constitutionalization in France

Across European history, the right to abortion has been threatened countless times and has been a central topic in recent political...

Asher Stein

Feb 26

Reflecting on Putin's February

Vladimir Putin has been having a great month, beginning with a tête-à-tête organised by Tucker Carlson, the USA’s most famous talking...

Tilman Voss

Feb 14

Quo vadis, Deutschland? A country shaken by scandals and protests expects regional elections that could shape domestic politics for years to come

Since the start of 2024, Germany has been shattered by protests from farmers, railway workers, and the demonstrations against the...

Brais Freire Braña

Feb 13

Surfing a white tide: The political consequences of a plastic spill

Brais Freire Braña Today, environmental issues have gained unprecedented prominence on the global political agenda. From the climate...

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